The South once was famous for brilliant and constructive thinking on national problems, and to-day the South has minds as brilliant and constructive as of old.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

so well how it is that such multitudes of people toil merely for their daily bread, and can talk of nothing but things to eat.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

But Atlas could think of nothing but his greed for his gold apples.
— from Wonder Stories: The Best Myths for Boys and Girls by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

For the moment, he forgot Bennet, and could think of nothing save the pitiable state of his father.
— from The Mystery of Lincoln's Inn by Robert Machray

82 CHAPTER FOUR THE RIGHTS OF THE NEGRO BOOKER WASHINGTON was occasionally accused both by agitators in his own race and by a certain type of Northern white men who pose as the special champions of the "downtrodden" black man as encouraging a policy of submission to injustice on the part of his people.
— from Booker T. Washington, Builder of a Civilization by Lyman Beecher Stowe

By a careful imitation of the worst models, and by assiduously cultivating their own natural coarseness, the managers anticipate very remarkable results.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, October 6, 1894 by Various

I would very willingly have gone to the Hall; I asked nothing better, and could think of nothing more happy for myself, if it could so be ordered.
— from The Chaplain of the Fleet by James Rice

I mentioned Moles White as a fine slow bowler, and could think of no more "star-turns.
— from Tell England A Study in a Generation by Ernest Raymond

Then he gathered his personal belongings and calling the old negro caretaker, bade him carry them to Mrs. Swanwick's.
— from The Red City: A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell

The evening continued so stormy, that Mrs. Rolleston kept the girls all night, and Bluebell, much against her will, had to entertain them, which was the more irksome as they were both expiring with curiosity about Bertie, and could talk of nothing but his extraordinary behaviour.
— from Bluebell A Novel by Huddleston, G. C., Mrs.

Nor did the fact that he was still outside the rings known as literary circles injure that self-esteem in the slightest degree; by a curious trick of nature it performed the same function as the press-cuttings and the correspondence.
— from A Great Man: A Frolic by Arnold Bennett